NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 29 January 2024, is being circulated at the
request of the delegation of Egypt.
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Title: The Egyptian Standard ES 8787 for "test method for determination
of leaks in flexible packaging by bubble emission"
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Comment period changed - date:
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Notified measure adopted - date: 18
December 2023
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Notified measure enters into force - date: 5 January 2024
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Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:
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Content or scope of notified measure changed and text available from1:
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Description: Products
covered: Packaging materials and accessories (ICS code(s): 55.040)
This
addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 (4 pages,
in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a twelve-month transitional
period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 8787 for "test method for
determination of leaks in flexible packaging by bubble emission"; (13
page(s), in Arabic)
It
should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in
G/TBT/N/EGY/365 dated 13 October 2023.
Worth
mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ASTM D3078 –
2021
Producers
and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards
through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Date of adoption: 18 December 2023
Date of entry into force: 5 January 2024
Agency
or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:
National
Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb
El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg
Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504
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[1] This information can be provided by including a website address, a
pdf attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified
measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.